Kevin Burke, the man behind the bar at Colt & Gray, is one of the mixologists preparing special concoctions for AMC Cancer Fund benefit.

You’ve had drinks at their restaurants, now enjoy some made-for-the-occasion libations when Kevin Burke (Colt & Gray), Allison Anderson (Frasca) and Randy Layman (Steuben’s) participate in AMC Cancer Fund’s third annual Cocktails for a Cure.

The March 1 event is at RedLine, 2350 Arapahoe St., starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $150 and include the liquid refreshments, plus appetizers from Gourmet Fine Catering, valet parking and a goodie bag from Denver Reign.

The Salah Foundation has extended a dollar-for-dollar match on all money raised. The net proceeds go to research and treatment programs for women’s cancers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, including the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Translational Program, the Program of Excellence in Cancers of the Ovary in Colorado, and cervical cancer research. MacLeod’s mother, Bogda Iwaniczko, is currently in treatment for ovarian cancer.

Study after study has shown that when it comes to charitable fundraisers, Denver has more per capita than any comparably sized city in the nation. Joanne Davidson has been covering them for The Denver Post since 1985, coming here from her native California where she'd spent the previous seven years as San Francisco bureau chief for U.S. News & World Report magazine.